Online Resources

Brainfuse JobNow is designed to support every step of the job search process, featuring live online coaches who assist in resume/cover letter preparation, and help patrons prepare for job interviews, as well as supplemental content including templates, career assessment exams, and more. Live job assistance from Brainfuse's experts are available from 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST. This resource is accessible at the Learning Centers and at the Business & Career Center. Please note that you will need to create a username and password.

Brooklyn Newsstand is a collection of digitized Brooklyn newspapers made possible through a partnership between Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com.   Brooklyn Newsstand | Partial Content (831,000 digitized pages) - can be accessed for free from anywhere with an internet connection - contains the full run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper (1841-1963) and Brooklyn Life (1890-1931), a Brooklyn society magazine. Learn more about the history of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn Newsstand | Full Content (2,402,000 digitized pages) contains over 30 additional newspapers, each listed below with date ranges and description, and can be accessed for free via Brooklyn Public Library’s public computers and public wireless network. Please note: We've made arrangements with our partner, newspapers.com to provide free access to all Brooklyn titles during our closure. In branch and in library wifi use only, will go back into effect when we reopen.

Discover Brooklyn history: Explore our collection of digitized Brooklyn content.

Find full text to many of the electronic journals held by the Brooklyn Public Library through its online database subscriptions.

The Central Intelligence Agency's collection of free maps of countries of the world. Maps can be downloaded and printed in PDF or JPEG formats.

Search for works that are available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing. Formats include photographs, graphics, video, scholarly articles, books, and music.

Access Brooklyn Public Library’s collection of digital books, magazines and reference library, available to download wirelessly to your device.

Web portal to the digital resources of many European museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Formats include books, paintings, films, objects, sound recordings and archival records. 

Career and workplace community where users can find and anonymously share salary details about careers and jobs for specific employers. Find interview reviews describing company culture.

A knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals to information, insights, and resources on global business activities, created by the International Business Center at Michigan University.  

5,000 health and social services available to low income, uninsured and underinsured persons.

Access Chinese eBooks and audiobooks on a variety of topics including health, English learning, art, literature and children’s materials. Titles can be read or played on PCs, laptops, or mobile devices. Download the free app.

Get step-by-step, user created instructions on how to make just about anything. Examples include instructions on building a digital microscope or sewing a zipper.

National Library of Medicine’s database of health information for consumers and health professionals. Includes information on over 750 health topics, drugs and supplements, medical encyclopedia, dictionaries, interactive tutorials, and surgery videos. Also includes health information in over 40 languages.

MedlinePlus le ayuda encontrar las respuestas que usted busca en temas de salud. MedlinePlus ha recopilado la informacion mas confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, asi como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus tambien le ofrece mucha informacion sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia medica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las mas recientes noticias acerca de la salud.

Evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more, created by Memorial Sloan Kettering's Integrative Medicine Service.

Search and browse digital collections about New York State's extensive history. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and maps from over 160 museums, libraries and archives.

Online learning activities curated by educators and organized by subject, grade and Common Core standard. Educators can create playlists of activities tailored to their lessons and invite students to a "class" with a code and track their students' progress. Students can create an avatar and "level up" the more they play. Parents can also log in and connect with their children to set goals and rewards for them. Create a free login to get started.

Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.  Also includes information education and training opportunities in science, tecnology, engineering, and mathematics fields for undergraduate and graduate students.

UNdata Easy way to search and download across multiple United Nations' databases. Includes current information on populations, trade, standard of living, and the environment.

View our collection of city stories and check out the platform of digital collections of New York City's museums, archives, and libraries.

The WordPlay Shakespeare eBook series places a filmed performance next to the written text of Shakespeare's plays. These web based eBooks also contain modern English and Spanish translations, glossaries, quiz questions, summaries, and links to other helpful materials, all designed to help students and teachers work with (and enjoy) Shakespeare’s plays. For a limited time, enjoy free access to three WordPlay titles (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth). To request a free license (applies to individuals or a class of students) visit the resource link and follow instructions under “COVID-19 Free Offer”. This offer will expire August 31, 2020.